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  • Usul al-Fiqh: When Khabar Wahid contradicts the common practice – Usul al-Shashi (Hanafi principles) “Based upon this (that the conditions of narrators vary) we say that if Khabar Wahid contradicts the apparent it will not be practiced upon. An example of Khabar Wahid contradicting the apparent is when it is not the common practice of

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  • Theology/Jurisprudence

    Theology/Jurisprudence

    Is Islamic Law arbitrary, random or are the Divine laws decreed with purpose of Maslaha (greater well-being)? Views of the Ash’arites, Mu’tazila & al-Razi Fakhr al-Din al-Razi mentions, “Our companions (the Ash’arites) maintain that God, Glorious and Exalted is He, performs no action with an objective (li gharar), for if this were the case, it

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